young

«young» in Mova's school dictionary: having lived only a short time; not old — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (young, younger, youngest); noun (the young — young people or baby animals)

meaning for a pupil

1) Young means having lived only a short time; not old. tree →

2) Young can mean at an early stage, just begun: «The night is young». tree →

3) As a noun, an animal's young are its babies. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and everyday life «young» tells the reader about age: «a young girl», «when I was young». In science, animals «feed their young», «care for their young». In maths problems with ages, «younger» means a smaller age: «Tom is 3 years younger than Sam» means subtract 3 from Sam's age. Phrases: «young people», «young at heart», «the youngest child».

examples

• My little brother is too young to go to school. tree →
• She is the youngest in our class. tree →
• A kangaroo carries its young in a pouch. tree →
• Grandpa says he feels young when he plays football. tree →
• Young children must hold an adult's hand near roads. tree →
• Mia is two years younger than her cousin. tree →
• Birds bring worms to feed their young. tree →
• The young tree has thin branches. tree →
• Did you see the young lady?" tree →

note

Comparison: young, younger, youngest. Opposite: old. «The young» as a noun means young people in general or baby animals and takes a plural verb. «Younger than» in maths: if Ann is 10 and Ben is 4 years younger, Ben is 10 − 4 = 6. Do not confuse «young» with «yung» (not a word) or «youth» (the time of being young, or a young person).

In the corpora

• Lots of young adults find phone calls to strangers scary; planning what to say first helps, and it gets easier with practice.
• Guessing beyond it is not clever; it can hurt a family with young children who can read the comments.
• Young famous people, like teenage TV actors, deserve even more privacy, because they are still children.
• Vivid example: in a lounge in Auckland, Alfie watches young people in a villa shouting at each other.
• US television shows have their own labels, such as TV-Y for young children, TV-PG and TV-14.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «young» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.